SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Televised recording of the play written by Grace Carlton. Performed by the Birmingham Repertory Company under the direction of Herbert M. Prentice. Presented for television by Lanham Titchenener.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Transmission details

27 Nov 1938 at 21:10 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

60 mins

Availability

No archive copy extant

Credits

Director

Herbert M. Prentice

Producer

Stephen Thomas

Writer

Grace Carlton

Editor

Lanham Titchener

Costume

Marion Spencer

Cast

Alan Robinson	Sir Thomas Lucy
Bertram Heyhoe	Thomas Rogers (Town Clerk of Stratford)
Brenda Bruce	Katharine Hathaway
Clement McCallin	Will Shakespeare
Dorothy Evans	Frances Lane
Edward Jewesbury	Robert Debdale
Gavin Dyer	Bartholomew Hathaway (Bartlemy)
John Phillips	Thomas Heming
Mavis Walker	Joyce Clopton (Lady Carew)
Myrtle Richardson	Anne Hathaway
Russell Waters	John Lane

Additional Details

Theatre company

Birmingham Repertory Company

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Elizabethan

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

biographies; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

A copy of the promptbook is held by the New York Public Library Digital Collections.

History

The play was first performed at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on November 5, 1938. The company members recorded the radio version of their stage production for the BBC at Alexandra Palace in London.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)